5. “The Government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian religion.”~1797 Treaty of Tripoli signed by Founding Father John Adams

15. “The civil government functions with complete success by the total separation of the Church from the State.”~Founding Father James Madison, 1819, Writings, 8:432, quoted from Gene Garman, “Essays In Addition to America’s Real Religion”

28. “No religious doctrine shall be established by law.”~Founding Father Elbridge Gerry, Annals of Congress 1:729-731